Filler-form for embroidery.



D. A. ST. CLAIR.

FILLER FORM FOR EMBROIDERY.

APPLICATION FILED JULY 14. 19:4.

1,29%560. Patented Feb. 18, 1919.

U ra, 'ra'rs DAVID A. s'r. CLAIR, OEWYTHEVILLE, VIRGINIA, assronon To e. runs a sac. 1110.,

. or new your, at. Y., A CORPORATION on NEW roan.

FILLER-FORM FOR EMBROIDERY.

Specification 1! Letters Patent.

Patented Feb. 1S, 1919.

Application filed uly 14, 1914. Serial No. 850,968.

To all 'whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, DAVID-A. ST. CLAIR,

a citizen of the United States, residing at Wytheville, in the county of W the and 5 State of Vir 'nia, have invente certain new and use ul'Improvements in F iller- Forms for Embroidery, and- I do hereby deshape, even with the most delicate tracery,

' while the embroidery is being done, and which will, at the sametime, give to the finished embroidery the vdesirable wellrounded contour. Further objects of the invention are to provide a filler form which will expand after the embroidery is finished so as to take up any looseness in the embr0idery stitches and which will permit of the finished embroidery being washed an indefinite number of times without injury to its ap earance.

enerally stated, the invention consists 80 in a filler form for embroidery designs made of an elastic and expansible fibrous matetrial held in compression by a'binding agent which is susceptible of being removed by washing or otherwise so as to permit the 86 elastic or expansible material to expand and fill out the embroidery stitches. More specifically, the invention consists in a filler form made of interlocked matted or felted fiber of an elastic nature,/ such, for example, 40 as cotton felt or batting, normally held. in compression by a soluble binding agent, starch, for example, which may be readily removed by washing in ordinary water, whereby, after the embroidering is completed the binding agent may be removed and the fiber material permitted to expand. Referring to the accompanying drawings: Figure 1 is a view of a filler form representing a capitalletter of the alphabet of the old English style, made of matted or felted cotton fiber held under compression by a binding agent in accordan'ce with the present invention.-

Fig. 2 is a coresponding view of a. filler form as it would appear 'if unconfined by either the binding agent or embrodiery stitches, and

Figs. 3 and 4 are cross sectional views through corresponding portions of the forms shown in Figs. 1 and 2.

Figs. 5 and 6 are cross sectional views corresponding to Figs. 3 and 4 showing the filler form incloscd by embroidery stitches, Fig. 5 being a view withthe filler held under compression by its binding agent and Fig.

6 a View as the same would appear when the binding agent is removed by washing.

In makin embroidery filler forms in accordnce wit 1 the present invention, a mate rial is selected which will have an inherent elasticity and expansibility', such, for example, as fine fiber felt or batting, specifically a sheet of felted fiber or cotton batting, of the desired thickness is provided from which the letters and designs may be 7 cut. This material is impregnated with a soluble binding agent which may be readily removed by washing in water or other liquid and the material held under compression while the binding agent is setting or drying so that the form produced of the desired pattern will be thin and =comparatively stifi although the interlocked fibers will cause it to retain its shapeand prevent breakage by ordinary handling. The form so produced is indicated at A in the drawings and in making use of the same it is attached to the base on which the embroidery is to be done by stitches or otherwise which may con veniently pass through small openings 0 formed in the filler form, whereby the filler form will be retained, accurately in proper position. After being positioned on the embroidery base the embroidery is done in the ordinary way, to-wit, usually by em: broidery stitches which pass over the filler form from side to side so as to completely inclose the same and produce in embroidery the pattern of the filler form. After the embroidering is completed the binding agent of the filler form is removed by washing or otherwise so as to permit the expansible material to expand as far as will be permitted by the confining embroidery stitches and the latter are thereby filled out 7 so as to give a well-rounded and highly pleasing appearance. In said drawings the appearance of the embroidery in the partially completed stage or before the filler form binding agent is removed is shown in 11"- Fig. 5, and the appearance after the bindin agent is removed is shown in F1 6.

%y the employment of an expansi le filler form of matted or felted fiber the parts of the same are retained 1n proper relation and the filler is kept Within the embroidery stitches so that deterioration is unlikelyeyen though the embroidery be subjected to repeated washings.

Furthermore the use of the binding agent gives a stiffened effect to the filler form which will permit it to serve as an effective guide for the needle during the embr0ideringprocess and this of itself is a material advantage, inasmuch as delicate lines and tracery may be followed accurately and latand displacement will be resisted even thoughthe particular portion of the filler form being covered by 'the embroidery stitches is of an exceedingly fine and delicate character. 7

Having thus described my invention, What I claim as new and desire to secure by Letsion.

ters'Patent is,

1. A filler form forembroidery, consisting of an expansible fabric and an incorporated removable binding agent by .which the fabric is stiifened and held under compres- 2. A filler form for embroidery consisting of an expansible fibrous material and 'an incorporated soluble binding agent by which the fibrous material is held under transverse compression.

3. Afiller form for embroidery, consisting of an inherently expansible and elastic mally flexible expansible fabric compressed beyond its normal density and saturated by moved by Washing'in Water.

essence a Water soluble stifi'ening agent maintaining it in compressed condition; said material be ing capable of expansion to its normal di mensions and resuming its normal flexibility and fullness when said stifiening agent is Washed out.

6. A filler form comprising a body of felt compressed beyond its normal density and saturated by a Water soluble stiffening-agent maintaining it in compressed condition, whereby said body is adapted to expand to its normal dimensions when said Sl'flfiEGl'ir ing agent is Washed out.

7. A filler form embodying an embroidery design comprising a body offlexible expansible fabric compressed beyond its normal. density and saturated by a [Water soluble stiffening agent maintaining it in compressed condition, said fabric being capable of expansion to its normal dimensions and resuming itsnormal flexibility When said stifien ing agent is Washed out. a

8. As a new article of manufacture, a t ller form embodying an embroidery design com prising a body o'f-compressed felt-impregnated with a soluble stiffening agent 9. A filler form embodying an embroidery design comprising a body of normally E8311.

' ble, expansible and compressible fabric com- 10. A washable filler form embodying an emlbroidery design adapted to be completely covered by embroidery threads and compria ing a flexible form body of unwoven fiber uniformly felted together, a removable toughening binde g-irmpyegnating said form body and solidified'thro ughout the'ii'bersof the said form body from which it may be he i DAVID A ST. Witnesses:

C. B. Thrones, W. C. Tr mester I A Copies of this patent may be obtainerji {for five cents each, by addressing; the fiommissiencr intents,

it 2 Washington, D. G.

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